Harrogate Gasworks Railway

Bilton Junction was where the Leeds Northern route north of Starbeck was joined by the 1862 curve from Harrogate railway station.[5] The directors of the gas company petitioned the shareholders to raise £20,000 (equivalent to £1,319,000 in 2023) for a railway capable of carrying 100,000 tons of coal per year.[6][7] The new facilities at Bilton junction allowed for inward coal traffic for New Park works to be loaded onto purpose-built bogie hopper wagons on the narrow gauge line using gravity.By-products from New Park (tar and ammoniacal liquor), were transported to Bilton and discharged by gravity from the narrow-gauge tank wagons on an elevated dock into their standard-gauge counterparts.[8] The line was engineered by Edward Wilson Dixon, who had also designed the Colsterdale Light Railway for the Harrogate and Leeds Waterworks between Masham and Roundhill Reservoir.It never saw service with the War Department and after purchase by the gas company it was returned to its makers for re-gauging to 2 ft along with modifications to its chimney, dome and cab so that it could pass through the tunnel.[22][23] This locomotive was lettered Harrogate Gas Company on the tank sides, but never carried a name, simply being referred to as the Peckett.It was painted dark blue, and was lettered No.2 on the cab sides and North Eastern Gas Board (Harrogate Works) on the bonnet.

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